Court issues arrest warrant against PK Halder, 19 others

A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant on Monday against twenty people, including Proshanta Kumar Halder, popularly known as PK Halder, in a case filed over embezzling Tk 708.2 million from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
The court also accepted the charges brought against 23 people, including 20 fugitives in the case.
Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents.
The Anti-Corruption Commission's Public Prosecutor Mahmud Hossain Jahangir confirmed the matter.
On April 29, the Anti-Corruption Commission's Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan, who is also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the court.
The charge sheet stated that the accused took Tk 708.2 million from ILFSL, and the amount stood at Tk 1.03 billion along with interest until October 16, 2022, which was embezzled and laundered by the accused.
On January 24, 2021, the ACC filed the case against PK Halder and 22 others with its Integrated District Office-1 of Dhaka.
According to the prosecution, it was alleged that Uzzal, one of the directors of the fake company "Anan Chemical Ltd", and Rashedul, in collusion with PK Halder and others, took Tk 708.2 million as a loan and laundered the money.
On October 8 of last year, another Dhaka court sentenced PK Halder to 22 years of imprisonment in a money laundering case.

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